Watch Street Fighter II Being Played On The Virtual Boy... Whoa.

I remember being confused by the Virtual Boy when I first read about it. Why is it red? Why is it monochrome? Why is it... a thing? But you know what would have made the Virtual Boy a far more exciting prospect? Street Fighter II. Of course, that didn't happen back then, but now some enterprising homebrew developers have managed to get a version of the game working on the Virtual Boy. I need to play this.

The Virtual Boy version of the game allows you to play as four of the original eight fighters in four of the game's locations, but it requires the Flash Boy cartridge, which is apparently notoriously difficult to get a hold of. If you are one of the few people who has one, you can find the game in this thread.

The team at RetroCollect managed to get the game working and described it as "nothing short of groundbreaking". I am beyond curious. I would love to play it but, for now, I'm going to have to make do with the above video.

Triple AAA games nailing the brief. Indie games surprising people out of nowhere, and expansions and patches that completely turn a game around. It's been a good year for games - now it's time for you to vote for your favourite.